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Conergy secures long-term supply of raw materials for Frankfurt
(Oder) with a volume of US $7-8billion
Company Release, October
26, 2007
HAMBURG, Germany -- Hamburg-based
Conergy AG, Europe’s largest solar systems provider,
is cooperating with a strategic partner in the ongoing
boom market for solar energy and has secured long-term
supplies of wafers, a component of solar cells. The
company reached an agreement on Thursday with wafer
manufacturer MEMC Electronic Materials, headquartered in
Missouri USA, for the supply of wafers valued between
US$ 7 and 8 billion up to 2018. |
WKN:604002
OTC:CEYHF.PK
NYSE:WFR
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ABB
wind products ride the storm in China’s largest wind
farm
Company Release, October
23, 2007
ZURICH, Switzerland -- China’s largest
wind farm - equipped with power products from ABB -
passed the test of storm-force winds on the East coast
of China last month with flying colors. Built by the
Jiangsu Longyuang Wind Power Co., the farm's turbines
are designed to deal with 90 km/h gales, so at 50 km/h,
winds brought by typhoon Wipha did no more than boost
productivity. |
SWX:ABBN
NYSE:ABB

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Alstom
takes the initiative on CO2 capture technologies and
global warming challenge
Company Release, October
23, 2007
LEVALLOIS-PERRET CEDEX, FRANCE -- Alstom
has been carrying out an intensive research and
development programme for the past years to meet the
technological and economic challenges of capturing the
CO2 created in fossil-fuel-based electricity production.
As early as 2014, the company will be able to offer
fossil-fuel-based power plants that respect the
environmental constraints linked with climate change.
Several technologies will be tested in six pilot
projects already under way in Germany, the US, Norway,
Sweden and France. Other projects are being studied and
will be announced shortly. |
PAR:FR00102
20475
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Toshiba
Seeks U.S. Approval for Micro Reactor for Rural Power
Bloomberg, October 19, 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Toshiba
Corp., Japan's biggest maker of nuclear power plants,
will start talks this month with a U.S. regulator to
approve a micro reactor targeted at remote areas such as
Galena on Alaska's Yukon River. The company will hold
the first meeting on Oct. 23 to brief the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission on safety and other features of
the new 4S reactor, seeking design certification, the
U.S. regulator said on its Web site. The license is
required to sell and build the plant in the U.S. |
TSE:19830
OTC:TOISF

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aleo
solar enters into agreement with solar cell manufacturer
China Sunergy
Company Release, October 18, 2007
OLDENBURG, Germany -- aleo
solar AG has entered into a supply agreement with
Chinese solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq:
CSUN) for at least 30 megawatts by 2008. The price for
the first 10 megawatts to be delivered in the first half
of 2008 has already been agreed. |
WKN:A0JM63
OTC:AEORF
NASDAQ:CSUN

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Uranium
miners see output rising but market tight
Reuters, October 18, 2007
LONDON -- Uranium
miners said on Thursday they were raising output in a
bid to meet rampant global demand sparked by interest in
atomic energy, but prices are expected to remain strong
due to tight markets. Australian uranium miner Paladin
Resources Ltd (PDN.AX) said it expected to produce
900,000 pounds of uranium in 2007, adding that output
could reach 2.6 million pounds in 2008 and 3.5 million
pounds in 2009. |
ASX:PDN.AX
TSX:DML.TO
NASDAQ:URRE

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China to have first offshore wind power station
Xinhua, October 17, 2007
BEIJING, CHINA -- The
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) would complete
the construction of a wind power station some 60 km
offshore, which would be first of its kind in the
country, said general manager Fu Chengyu in Beijing on
Wednesday. The wind power station would have an
installed capacity of 1,500 kw and is located in the
Bohai Bay, said Fu, a delegate to the17th National
Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on the
sidelines of the event. |
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